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This series provides a [ad name=”intheboatshed-post”]fascinating to the way the British in general saw the world a generation before my generation was born. It’s also of great interest, I guess, to anyone whose interest in boatbuilding stretches to shipbuilding, and the maritime context of the early 20th Century – which is after all the era … Continue reading “Ships that Saved the Empire – fourth instalment”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] A shipyard image from The Ships that Saved the Empire. I particularly like the figures high up on the deck. I suppose they would have seemed to be performing some kind of wild dance in real life also. Click on the pictures for larger, clearer images I couldn’t resist including this image of … Continue reading “Ships that Saved the Empire – the third instalment”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Forging the anchor. Click on the pictures for larger, clearer images If you want to know what really happened in that era, I think this may help rather more: The First World War, Second Edition: A Complete History This should tell an interesting story too: Warships of the World to 1900 Follow this … Continue reading “More pages and pictures from Ships that Saved the Empire”